Research articles published in water resources journals: A bibliometric analysis

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 28, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 353-365

  Wang, Ming Huang ^a   Li, Jinfeng ^a   Ho, Yuh Shan ^a,b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Exponential model; Power model; Research trend; Scientometrics; Water resources

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955949518     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5004/dwt.2011.2412     Document Type: Article

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